Invisible Map is the twelfth studio album by experimental music ensemble Biota, released on June 5, 2001 by ReR Megacorp.
Reception AllMusic.com states, "With its wide range covering delicate post-folkish pop songs to ambient soundscapes, Invisible Map may be the collective's most accomplished and accessible release to date. All music styles (folk, jazz, blues, rock, musique concrète, free improv, etc.) coalesce to be filtered through the dreamer's ears — background vocals are slightly treated, soloing instruments are heard from a distance, rhythm tracks are deliberately just a bit out of sync. This way, the simple tunes never really come into focus, giving the whole album an aura of mystery."
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from the Invisible Map liner notes.
Biota James Gardner – Rhodes piano, flugelhorn, trumpet, flute, Irish tin whistle, percussion Geneviève Heistek – lead vocals, backing vocals, violin Tom Katsimpalis – guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, balalaika, clavioline, pump organ, ocarina, backing vocals Steve Scholbe – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, clarinet, guitar, bass guitar, zither, rubab, Hawaiian tremoloa, hurdy-gurdy, Marxophone William Sharp – tape, hurdy-gurdy, engineering, mixing C.W. Vrtacek – piano Gordon H. Whitlow – accordion, Rhodes piano, Estey pump organ, clavioline, backing vocals Larry Wilson – drums, bongos, congas, Madal, percussion Randy Yeates – keyboards
Additional musicians Andy Kredt – guitar (2, 35, 36) Mark Piersel – guitar (6, 21, 22, 24) Production and additional personnel Biota – production, mixing, arrangements Randy Miotke – engineering
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog United States 2001 ReR CD RēRBCD4
References
External links Invisible Map at Discogs (list of releases)